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Ill that '- cansurable in their conduct, as a body. to the anemia)! and designs of persons who, by a Ito-punt tribunal. have been declared “guilty ofa fab. and scandalous libel," and whose veractty. “he” .M mum“ "3"": Public, questions, has been n seriously impugned, as to have greatly tliitttritshed their ill-obtained influence in those quarters in which it has been most mischievoust employed. Karin that given proof that the Wood Island ten entry's w of resistance to the legal demand.- pf their Landlord. or, as the Minister glozingly expresses it, “ tltr ‘pesr people's earnest desire to be left itninnlriterl," arose from other causes than the mere consideration of the hardship ofpaying rent for the Fishery Reserves, I shall attempt. and, I trust, successfully, to shew that your tl correspondent has, very ne'arly altogethrler. proceeded u n nna inar grounds, am , consequent y. arrived It awfalae cincluysion. The Rev. gentleman says, " the only oly'eetinn, their, to the payment of rent. Ins applicable to the Fishery Reserves aloitr,.altll this merely amounted to a desire for delay. until it tens rle- tidell whether thrse Reserves did really brlmtg to their Landlords or the Public." " And this merely amounted to a desire of delay I” With how tender a hand does the pious. faithful, and tender-hearted pastor touch the loves ofhia diseased flock I How admirable and worthy of imitation would hie conduct he, were it in accord- ance with his general practice! (But sorry am [to any it) this religious, steadfast, and charitable Divine can, on some occasions, evince all the bitterness of sectarian rancour, and ell the implacabiltty of determined hatred. To convince the worthy pastor how easy it is for me to prove what I here assert. I will merely remind him of a letter written by him, and dated “337. in which he very liberally bestows upon me the most highly disparaging epithets, and grossly misrepresents tny conduct. . _ However, 1 can and do forgive him; especially as I have been no eulerer from his unprovoked, stealthy, serpent-like attack ; and since, as we are told, “ Forgiveness to the injured doe-e belong, For they ne‘er pardon who have done the wrong," I must sincerely pity him fbr the torment he radius from the feelings of disappointed malice. Bnt still, neither my forgiveness no.- my pity, nay, not even my contempt. shall prevent my openly defend- ing myself against any future foul and slanderous impu- tations on to character, which may proceed from his pen; nor sbal labrink from replying to ghe deep-learner! gentlemen, and attempting. according to the best of my unleuerod talent. “ to set hint right," whenever, through the medium of the press, on questions ofpublic moment, in any of his effusions of the brain, or bitter outpourings l ofthe heart, he shall seek to seduce from the path of \ right reason, by the aophiatry of his arguments ; or to prejudice truth and justice by the studied and artful perversion of facts: and to such a task i now address i myself. What your seemingly meek and candid, but truly ran- a corona and partial correspondent, Sir, is pleased to re- nt as " a mere desire ofrlrloy," was reritably, as have represented it, an un'lisguised, a bolzl, and mi genly avowed determination to pay no more rent. lose upon this false and delicate colouring follows a specimen of his Rnerflu‘e'l adroitness in the perversion

ofa fact. " It is well hnoton," says he, " that if there is h

l is , h' l d ' tnhe n Fishery Reserve at all in any part rftlie Island. Reverence, " to sel'me tntblngfinmmvenml the coast of the Wood Itloarl Sctllrntent, bothjront its 1 "(main 3,, (W‘Pu‘dfl’l‘fuv Mfr“ 5“ M”! "I" ("W PM“ Your bbed'ient servant efresertfer thefsh during the tamer, will be among ‘VILLIAM D0 ’ the very rst localities that will be selected for thr. pur- Chuloncmwn 058'

fuse." a to the fitness of the shores of the Wood slaod Settlement for a Fishery station. on account of their geographical position. and their being the summer lane of resort for the fisb,l have nothing to object;

t I must remind the Reverend writer that something more is required. Where and how are the fishermen to cure and dry their fish? Can his Reverence have n so blind as not to have perceived that, from the farm of Mr. Angus Bell. to the shore of the Wood Islands, with some very trifling exceptions, the whole extent of coast, being from thirty to seventy feet and upwards tn height, is so bold, precipitous and impracti- cable, as to be quite useless for the purposeeoffish- enring‘l And, with such an impediment as the height of the coast in their way, and the comniodious shore ofthe two Wood Islands, in view, on which all the fish that could be caught in that quarter in the most abun- dant season, might conveniently be cured, what per- verenne. of choice would it be for the fishermen to "my and trample at the r a leo the "’ood Island Settlement .’"— Mr, thaliiof’leixmii ask the Rev. gentleman. can these “poor people" have been “ year efler year. mnoyed and trastpled upon by hoardmf fisher-en 7" That one individual—l mean Mr. Mal- colm Shaw—has been so anno ed, year after year, I cannot. and seek not to deny. 'ay. more, I think his situation one ofpaculiar hardship, and such as calls for redreu. But to the assertion that (beyond this solitary instance.) any such annoyance is experienced by it). taunt. the shores of the Wood Island Settlement,

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advert witboet a reluctance, as itseenaeonenoes were, I thinh,tar

and beguile the enIctently excited and delnded tninds of the .‘m , hillowetl. early in November, I837, the meet- and rut-lotions at Sentiner's, succeeds: tea in Charlottetown, wt and "sumptuous letter to his Excel- hflory of these meetings, and the and resolutions made and stthan,werelaow teenter,lshoeldtieled to per communication : say, that. on those occasions, I ' done b the prime agitators “ '- 'd .“ 'nionf could, in any way, ' of iscontent, the heightening . mm'igcreaea of their own popularity. lad no topic or complaint, within the sphere , untouched, that gage |promise ol m the towithhold ymento t.etr rents, and meet the minted authorities with dilefildl’efl: m ' i ' atrntn designs, ehec e an 8",“, u.“ . bynliis Excellency. and re- ” '5 good sense and good faith of the people,

- iction. so l'i" a" no“ “up...” wd dine" xiiiuilihwn by the much, then, for lb. "mud a" P" rehetision. 3'" "an." “d a” "‘nmumw'or m. lepg that their “M w h. “main” b, u “g Po" WPI . alities that water fronts " will be among “*0 my 6"” into fishinl- Vill 5‘ “Mild” for WW "meme?! the second The first has no real being in'naturc. .1“, can eaistoul] in highly excited tmsgtnatinn .‘ omen”: Your strictly uracil-ls correspondent nexfln it ",0" u m“ raped to the gush" 0! filthea’ivm’d [51‘5"]; or he it renal.) the poor PM?“ {’9‘ doe, ,hi, nener troubled their heads about it. . H4"! I ‘ r me with the fact that, in the lgtllllnz ev's‘ ° ged m " Apostle of MW." the PM?“ "P 'e°°‘""'fi".abu.e consider the alternative of either paylng fl Mn’bu “ flu to the Landlords, or asking for-an Escbeat I Inbum rwreorlt."—u your cortuP°"‘,'°"'- "P "'° “Wham- dance of his compassionate fee-ling, still style“ men. did thev, I ask. pay no attetitionto this remmrom dationl' I answer, and will maintain. lb“. "’9' '0“ disregarding it, they made it the subject of their I: m serious deliberation, and, at this day, many atnupg tr 9| will admit they did so. What becomes, then, 0 fit veracity of the assertion, that they neoer troubled till headsabnnt Esehmtl Alas! alas! how coutempll ’9 i. we m... who. in support or his positions, has recourse o subterfu and falsehood ! _ ‘ Your firespondent talks of letters being find" " articles of exportation." ‘Vhen so speaking. did not his conscience tell hint that, to support a certain canst'. of which he appears to be no very scrupulous partlsan. be was then manufacturing, for the sole. purpose of exportation. a piece, which all who have since seen. It must acknowledge to be admirable for the running of its workmanship, whether they consider the gossamer fineness ofthe web, or regard the high and vervfanttful colouring ofits impressed design. . Some of your readers, Sir. may perhaps tlitnk that l have been too free and unceremoninus in my confutatt0n of your Reverend correspondent; and that respect to “his clot/t" should have lessened the asperily of my’ remarks. To such. lanswer, that no man living can eti- tertain a greater respect than i do for every conscienti- nus preacher ofthe Gospel of Christ; but, when such as have embraced that sacred calling, forgetting, and run- ning counter to, the precepts ofthnir Divine blaster. become the sowers and preachers nftliscnntent and dis amnion—when they show themselves officious to inter- meddle‘ with things which belong tint to them—when. laying aside the Holy Scriptures, they luxuriate in the melting love scenes and lascivient wit of“ Romeo and Juliet," or learn to point their sentences by the not Very delicate wit of the Sherris-and-langhter-loving “Ful- stnj'," as, to iutlge of his studies by such quotations as these “ the tomb of all the Ctr/inlets,” and “ discretion is the better part of colour," your clerical correspondent appears imelrrirrrlly to have done—they are not to be approached with either personal «Inference or respect. but might. if possible. to be driven back within the pale oftheir peculiar function, and scared into decorum by every legitimate weapon of argument, coufutation, ridicule, or contempt. Before i make my parting bow, and, for a time, take leave of his " par/nus" Revert-nee, allow me Sir, to point out another of his mistakes, in which, as ifto show his love of error to the last. he. has chosen to indulge, even in the matter of his signature. He subscribes himself,

bounds ol the District,” n Chapel or Church of very considerable dimensions is being erected for the use of another Clerqyman. who is not only a member ofthe very same Church to which his reclusive REVFN‘HCP

Comply with the wishes of these currency-reductinn-gm- tlrmrn, what would be the result’l In a few months the scarcity of money would be such, as to produce the greatest alarm. and distress. “ The only (.‘Iergyman within the bounds of the incomes front England would not be able to get cash for District;" when he must know, that, “within lht' their bills. culiy in selling his goods, and making the necessary remittances.

obtain the means of saving bititsclffrnm ruin. the pro.

. but never, stances of peculiar urgentiifiso r“ from ,

'hillk' '0 an, "mm; (a: in a sensible manner:I tax on mercan I "I, risen in 0‘ er. co Judo- few articlesthat have a]; conjunction wnh me "E “ah 'em"k"b'°’ am" even I s per centage .°“ "8 m and the enormou Irchnnt ts now at.a gills:i ede'ry thins ventled‘byghthzz when 0‘" mean": cheaper rate. In Cltflrltillt; m him or'Nnm Smum I currency di" ”°‘ ""7" '0 traders in the place '° W mere were only “a”? do". I e of coins would be. P9" ' l the fluctuation in the va u i _ . busing” amnng li'ait serious" 70" 1 ""l compeu-"ni‘qlgs for their Ends, "I: 'l‘anl'v "ll eagerness m nbtiiltir‘tifits. and 8mm] me Will "I‘m!" keep ‘lnwn glinm'm'i‘rie merchant must. of Purchaser from "npn‘wmm d in the scarcity or abun- "ecewity' be deep'yf tiiiirireb‘fyan immediately tanzihl? dance of 5"",1'ihsriiii it there Would be an end to ‘llillssbu'il- "33"”“335v‘ by :7” T'Lf." i. n ~ I m '

- . e m n mento its _ lefti‘rflmdilibn‘tfi[be’will [Lei his WilS l0 Worlll'zzlv‘lnenilili‘if dihe:m':ides of remittance. either by a :orrm-smimng the "mm M “gricnlfulifll i,::‘iup‘iii'vi:besy and other monies

'. aoro tests A, eh flihi‘nlighrappremium only of fifteen per h will save five per cent.. and keep-the st t bl d m sell 'e - nd b effecting this, he Will. be con 9" d o”- h'itngoiidsdbry cash, and without being cpmpzlle' ger- Smnflv m take agricultural pmdqclimvl iithzr couiiiries. Hume Mime. thelrmu?’ hV'lVli’ilb'cthembulance of trade

. n lace no re tanc .. ' _ , n. i‘s'a‘baainzt us, we cannot, without manifest Ipcrogngtyincor rcdftce the value 3r Iour :0l£8.fi:ll:n%f:: good a rem“- sbn kee ers ca wtt a I a , _ . iiiiice ofthe: could make, although bulky tn tltfenrtanvsg; would besilver: and, conseqiiqptly‘,“t:? 131:" scoha' i alize the Island currency wr .- - lhe present condition of our standing, as I: ciul country, the precious metals, by a stub 11w“. out: would immediately disappear. This as . y. lieen ihe case and invariably “ll” be, until the exporta- tion ofgiild arid silver, by the substitution of other. rifn‘i'i‘t; tances, ceases to be an object of importance vvitl d, merchant. lfall our importations were from Eng syn , returns might be easily made. as they .now are a . ct; of our merchants, by means of ship-budding, tim er, Ml] bills ofexcbange; but until this Is brought about, tlie reduction of our currency would be dangerous In ll): extreme. TRITICIUS is of opinion, thatn Statuteshmi be created, for the purpme of establishing a legitimate aml healthy currency. Surely, Sir, lhlfl is not necessary} —the only Statute required Is the will and pleasure o the Provincial Treasurer. The momentuhts gentleman informs the mercantile community that, in future, in the payment of duties. they must. render the dollar at for: shillings and the English shillings at om.- artd threeprnce, the thing is done, and the Halifax rates are at once established throughout the Island; for it cannot be ex- pected that the trader will be such an ass as to receive the silver at its present value, and pay it away at the reduced rate. But let us pause, and suppose for an instant that the Treasurer should be so imprudent as to

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Persons who draw their The merchant would have the greatest difli-

In order to support bisfiwn credit, and

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ofthnt Church too than himself.

IV and entirely claims as his own.

nistry, appear in no- ronal

belongs, but, ill am rightly iufiirmed, mt older hlirtisler

His "elusive. Reverence must also be aware. that this other Cleruyman, although he does not confine his labours tn the limits of arty particular district, has his home. and holds a farm within the limits of that district which be (his "elusive Reverence) so peculiar- ln what way, Mr. Editor. shall we account for this oversight iii the other- wise every nan nnrl prrspirott‘uus, tector of the Wmd Islanders, who, by I pretty general disregard of his tni wise particularly grateful for his pat oversightJ fear, Sir, has arisen from that

self-constituted pro-

be by, from their

support 7 The. " holy hatred."

that smouldering fire, which still exist in the breasts of

immolation upon the pile of many a brother Christian. Yes, Sir, appearances and facts incline me to iner

persecution which leads men who are

abhor, and anathematize one another, of some trtvtal difference in point of do

or discipline. has arisen your charitable correspondent's so

trict" of any clergyman besides himself. remarks on this subject.

March 25th, 1841.

tives of the late Governor Smith, r to be particularly obliged to. Tittrtctus, the very ham/sonic manner itt them; but, as they are on the persons, to meet this unmerite alone to deal with it as they tl

want of argument, one word dying speech. carefully avoids any allusion to the cir-

cumstances of pecuniary embarrassment, under which we laboured a few years n

stroneg remarked; no

merchants can, at any ti

not likely they influence.

merchandise the amount of ex

consumer pays the differ sent away without loss to the merchant.

iigots, and which, could it gain

vould once more, as of old, kindle thr- flames for the

hat, from the indulgence ofthat inquisitorial spirit of worshippers of the Church, to detest, solely on account

ame God, and members ofthe same

” lightly over-skipping” the existonce in " the Dis-

With further

. I will not now trust myself. ut leave it In

Sta; The merchants of Charlottetown. and the rela-

esidiug here, ought on account of which he has spoken of spot in their own proper d censure, itis for them iink proper. Tnmcwa, ich, from its obscurity and d be apt to consider as his

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his last communication, wh of

go, and on which I have r does he attempt to account for bttt tells us, sapicntly, by way of information, that the me, transmit tlte precious metals T t ofthe country, without any regard to their nominal tal lue. Granted; they can do this if they please, and so they please, they can cut their own throats; but it ii

‘ will do either, unless actuated by lunar They have only, he says, to put on their cess in value between otirs , in reference to the Spanish he point is at once settled~the ence, and,the money may be True, this ma

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d the Halifax standard d British silver, and t

done, and has, occasionally, been done. under circum-

. lay, or barter it away for articles he could well do with- the desired vent, out. have the same extent of employment; but then cash

returns Would be by no means commensurate with their services.

feel the pressure ofthe times.

ty still remains to be noticed—the deplorable state in

which your Treasury would be placed. anl‘f‘y, your ctrtne, ceremony. neglected.

payment, would be told that the treasury bags were emptypand that he must wait. and be venrly Interest.

peculiar circums Others with him ponsible, and who b Disappointed here, him, that he has paid it sent, want paper of this take goods for the amo may be made in his favour-—

I I poses. he, as a dernier resort, To 'rna Lon-on or 1'" COLONIAL Hanan. “hm "n" “me he’imfion' '

that be is already ov however, graciously,

for his politeness. direction. and “

general reply to ever a l' . t The above, are a fy W [cm for money.

quences. that would

th. willingly expatiate deeply interesting in conclusion.

amusements of my Uncle Toby nrricws, .

Tuna—The poet Campbell is saidt last a man who shaves hi I e

y as much time in the

pettv of the unfortunate debtor would frequenth be sacrificrrl, and he himself become the victim of legal cruelty. lu vain would he plead the scarcity nfmonny— that he had prvipr-rtv to ten times the amount ofthe sum demanded, and plnad for an extension of time. The answer of the Attorney probably would bc—“l cannot help it—my Orders are pmitiveu-tbc money MUST be forthcoming, or your goods and chattels must go to the hammer." Your Courts of Law, Sir. and. particularlv the minor Courts for the recovery omenll Debts, would be in constant, full aml active operation, and bailiffs and constables in perpetual requisition. The agriculturist. iri his pursuits, would suffer materially, in disposing of the produce of his farm; be would-frequently be obliged to sell at prices below the actual valueoflabonr and nut-

The labourer, mechanic and tradesmnn would

In fact, every class of society Would seriously

But, the greatest calami—

. For want of public works, roads and bridges, would be A contractor, on presenting his warrant for

content with his in vain would be statethe urgency and tances of his case—that there were in the contract. to whom he was res.

ad it in their power to'annoy hint. he repairs to the merchant, who tells p his duties, and does not, at pre- description ; but, that if he will unt, a satisfactory arrangement this not answering his pur- applies to the money lender. nd giving him to understand erstockcd with warrants, at length,

' consents to relieve him from his fiiculties, on being '

you MUSTfind the money," would be the

ow, among the many wretched conse- necessarily emanate from a scarcit mqnfiy; and I trust, in my feeble delineation of themy, at ave not too highly coloured the picture. I could longer on this momentous subject, so ' in its results to all classes of the mmuntty; but I am pressed for time, and must draw to Currency disquisitions, like the favorite h ' have always been with obby-horsical per se; but if the financial ents ofsome people are to be measured by their man-

ErsrLoxv. 2% n have calculated , and lives to , expend: during his life act of shaving as would have